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Bore ‘ad ana – A Dirge for the Ninth of Av and its Geographical Distribution
… Nehemiah Hocha, it poses interesting questions regarding oral transmission, the open boundaries of repertoire and the …
The Fall of Jerusalem in Song: The Ashkenazi Melody She’eh ne’esar
… Amendments already appear in a very early stage in the transmission of the text (see Figure 2). Once written down, … and limitations of written sources by looking into the oral traditions captured in field recordings and stored at … example 3 below). A comparative analysis of these three oral versions is illuminating. All of them clearly adhere to …
Nuestro Señor Eloheinu/Las tablas de la Ley: A Song for Shavuot
… within the Judeo-Spanish repertoire. The complex chain of transmission connecting this song to various corners of the … hu elohenu” was sung in Istanbul among the Maftirim , a choral brotherhood consisting of locals as well as refugees … Ottoman Turkish style, the Maftirim have maintained their oral tradition of choral singing until the present day. As a …
Niggun ‘Akedah: A Traditional Melody Concerning the Binding of Isaac
… generation of Jews in various vernacular languages, in both oral and written forms (Spiegel 1967, 13–16; Moreen 2000, … until the late eighteenth century and relied instead on oral transmission of their musical traditions. [15] The only …
The Reliability of Oral Transmission: The Case of Samaritan Music
… of theoretical formulation concerning the processes of oral transmission of musical culture, the selection of informants … adequate theories. In Vansina's words, 'the value of oral traditions as historical evidence is a problem that has …
Towards an Interdisciplinary Study of Jewish Oral Traditions
… and illustrate the need for pursuing the study of the oral aspect of Jewish traditions on a … We shall discuss the concepts of oral tradition and of interdisciplinary methodology in the … anthropologists, and others. … 9431 … Oral tradition … Oral transmission … Jewish traditions … Jewish Studies … …
The Rules of the Oral Transmission of the Mishnah According to the Aleppo Tradition
… of research designed to understand the laws governing the oral transmission of the Mishnah, the Jewish Oral Law. This compilation was originally orally transmitted …
The Training of Hazzanim in Nineteenth-Century Germany
… their own compositions had little effect on the basic oral nature of the tradition and the learning process. This oral transmission, from one generation to the next, from a …
Bernardo Feuer
… material and included arrangements of Jewish folk songs, choral parts of operas in the original language or translated to Yiddish, workers’ songs, and choral symphonies drawn from popular repertoire. In addition, … of spreading Jewish culture through the preservation and transmission of their secular music. This choir was part of …
Rabbi Meir Eleazar Atiya
… On many occasions, he carried out this enormous effort of transmission on a voluntary basis, in synagogues and … At times, announcements about his classes were passed orally, without formal advertisement. His monumental …